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MICE PM Report

•Completion of Infrastructure•Target, solenoids•Phase Two planning & schedule•Non-MICE costs•Staffing & visitors

•Don’t have time for a detailed status report, have a look at: http://mice.iit.edu/mico/

MICE CMPB, 24th October, 2008

Completion of Infrastructure

Very good progress last few weeks:– South wall complete– North Wall, 75% plates fitted– Quench reaction block being cast today– False floor in progress off-site– Believable completion date of 12th December– Negotiated our way out of fireproof painting - good

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Target & solenoidsTarget:

– Decided we can re-design shafts and bearings– Get to a new starting point with ISIS– Be ready Easter time next year– Engineering help (Jason Tarrant) for Sheffield

Decay solenoid:– No changes from last meeting– But worst case might be to remove complete solenoid

• Remove North wall• Build shield on inside of synchrotron so work in Hall unaffected• Do at Christmas• Likely cost £25-30K

Spectrometer solenoid:– Priority shifted to magnet#2– Field map as originally planned– We get it late Jan ‘09

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Phase Two planning

We just had the Collaboration Meeting– Reviews of major Phase two subsystems included– Much useful information and milestones emerged– But a lot still to do– No excuses now not to make the project plan!– LH2 project is struggling badly though

• It’s still competing for effort with Decay solenoid and focus coils – engineering effort MUST be reinforced quickly

– Focus coil final design review at Oxford 3rd November– RFCC modules in good shape – cavities ready for

manufacture– Coupling coil review early December

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Non-MICE costs

2 MVA electrical upgrade will be required by Step Five– Various ways to do it, have budget prices between

£200 & £600K– Two year lead time, which I can well believe– Need to worry about it now– RAL’s line on the WFL:

• ‘it was a CCLRC-specific fund and there’s no STFC equivalent.’

• Discussed with Sean Stewart and Paul Hartley – predictable outcome!

• Requested to put it on the Capital Investment plan• Watch this space…..

Tony has provided cost centre for railings and door stuff– Does that mean I can use it?

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Staffing, visitors & admin

Transition to Phase Two has been a bit of a shambles– My fault for not being clear about cost centres– Have agreement with Finance that I will adjust staff

bookings at end of each month myself– All UK project members being circulated with correct

Phase two cost code for capital items

•Need some clarification of visa & work permits for US types

•Admin Officer, Rose Hayes starts 29th October• We need to agree her terms of reference/job

description, does Susan do this?

•MICE has had its first lost-time accident – we’re now on the HSE’s radar

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